In a surprising return to the big screen, Brendan Fraser completely changed his appearance to play an overweight man in The Whale. He played Charlie, a 600-pound English professor trying to ...

that was what we strived for," Fraser exclusively told PEOPLE at the film's New York City premiere on Tuesday Brendan Fraser is standing by using prosthetics to embody his character in The Whale.

Brendan Fraser said he was "slack-jawed" on set making The Whale while witnessing costar Sadie Sink's "beautiful" work Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He has ...

"The Whale" follows Charlie (Brendan Fraser), an introverted English teacher struggling to cope with grief and severe obesity that threatens his health. When he tries to reconnect with his ...

There's even a fantastical tale about St. Brendan, an Irish monk who, according to folklore, celebrated mass on the back of a whale during his seven year voyage to the frigid, fearsome land across ...